Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Kathy G. Ferrell, RN, BS, CLNC:"Kathy G. Ferrell, RN, BS, CLNC is a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC) with over 30 years of professional nursing experience. Kathy Ferrell will work with attorneys in selecting the right case and maximize its value, or assist the defense in defending the case or mitigating damages. Kathy can provide these services at a fraction of the cost charged by physicians and other experts who often charge $250-$500 per hour for case review." Kathy G. Ferrell, RN, BS, CLNC Medical - Legal Consulting 1037 Blue Heron Point Birmingham, AL 35242 Phone: 205-566-5406 Email: Kathy@FerrellConsulting.comhttp://www.ferrellconsulting.com/

Tonja S. Rice RN, BSN, LNC:"I am a Legal Nurse Consultant and I am based in Birmingham, Alabama. I have 18 years of nursing experience, 15 of which in cardiac intensive care (transplants, LVAD, aortic balloon pump, CABG's etc.) I accept cases from across the United States that include malpractice, Qui Tam, wrongful death and Medicare fraud to name a few." 1640 Brakewood Drive N.W. Birmingham Alabama 35215 USA Email: Tonja@LegalRegisteredNurse.com Phone: (205) 854-5695 http://www.legalregisterednurse.com/

The 10 Biggest Mistakes Experts Make During Depositions:"The discovery depositions of expert witnesses are increasingly playing an important role in the litigation process. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 (4) A: “A party may depose any person who has been identified as an expert whose opinions may be presented at trial.” With this in mind, we turn to the ten biggest mistakes experts make during their depositions. #1 – Waiving The Reading of Signing Of The Deposition Transcript At the start of most depositions, counsel will agree on stipulations. Use of the most common stipulation is that the deponent waives the right to read and sign the deposition transcript. The expert who is interested in accuracy should not agree to this waiver lightly. Experts who agree to waive the reading and signing are agreeing to a document’s accuracy without even seeing the document." SEAK, Inc. P.O. Box 729, Falmouth, MA 02541 Courier: 316 Gifford St., Falmouth, MA 02540 Customer Service (508) 548-7023, Orders (508) 457-1111, Fax (508) 540-8304seakinckb@aol.comhttp://seak.com/10_biggest_mistakes_experts_make.html

10 Biggest Mistakes Physicians Make in Writing Their IME Reports:"The Independent Medical Evaluation (IME) reports that physicians prepare are playing an increasingly important role in workers' compensation cases, personal injury litigation, and long-term disability claims. Each year physicians prepare hundreds of thousands of IME reports which are read and utilized by judges, hearing officers, and plaintiff and defense attorneys to decide and settle claims. Physicians are frequently called upon at depositions, hearings, or trials to support, justify, and defend each and every word of their IME reports. With this in mind, we turn to the 10 biggest mistakes physicians make in writing their IME reports." SEAK, Inc. P.O. Box 729, Falmouth, MA 02541 Courier: 316 Gifford St., Falmouth, MA 02540 Customer Service (508) 548-7023, Orders (508) 457-1111, Fax (508) 540-8304seakinckb@aol.comhttp://seak.com/10biggestmistakesphysician.html

Advice on Answering Questions at Depositions:"Avoid Absolute Words You are well advised to avoid, where possible, absolute words such as "always" and "never." Absolute words are frequently an invitation to, and fertile grounds for, cross-examination by counsel. Counsel will attempt to damage your credibility by first getting you to make an absolute statement. She will then use counterexamples in an effort to show the falsity of your statement. SEAK, Inc. P.O. Box 729, Falmouth, MA 02541 Courier: 316 Gifford St., Falmouth, MA 02540 Customer Service (508) 548-7023, Orders (508) 457-1111, Fax (508) 540-8304seakinckb@aol.comhttp://seak.com/April_2011_Deposition_Skills.html

Connecting with the Jury:"In jury trials, the jury ultimately decides the case. Their job is to determine the facts of the case. A crucial part of this is determining the credibility of the witnesses. This includes expert witnesses. As such, it is of the highest importance that experts are able to communicate with the jury in a credible and persuasive way. Everything else is secondary. To connect with the jury, an expert needs to understand what juries want and know the best ways to communicate with them." SEAK, Inc. P.O. Box 729, Falmouth, MA 02541 Courier: 316 Gifford St., Falmouth, MA 02540 Customer Service (508) 548-7023, Orders (508) 457-1111, Fax (508) 540-8304seakinckb@aol.comhttp://www.seak.com/april_2011_Jury_Trial_Skills_Workshop.html

Opinions and Bases for Opinions, Seak.com:"The main reason expert testimony is presented is to offer an expert opinion. Accordingly, experts can anticipate being closely cross-examined on their opinions. They should also expect to be closely questioned on the bases of these opinions because an expert opinion is only as strong as the facts and reasoning upon which it is based. Questions in these areas are best blunted by carefully and honestly forming an opinion that is based on reliable methodology, a thorough investigation, and solid facts." SEAK, Inc. P.O. Box 729, Falmouth, MA 02541 Courier: 316 Gifford St., Falmouth, MA 02540 Customer Service (508) 548-7023, Orders (508) 457-1111, Fax (508) 540-8304seakinckb@aol.comhttp://seak.com/ce2booksamplechapter.html

Nursingentrepreneurs.com is a networking and resource directory for Nurse-Owned businesses and nurses looking for an alternative to working at the bedside.

If you explore the site a bit, you'll find profiles of hundreds of nurse entrepreneurs around the country. We encourage you to browse around, find a business category you are interested in, then contact the nurse directly. We're available for questions as well. This website is Owned-Operated by Andrew Lopez, RN a Medical/Surgical/Telemetry nurse.

Has your Nurse-owned business been written up in the news? Do you send out a newsletter or regular press releases? We'd like to hear about it!

Our Newest article is from an Arizona Nurse Entrepreneur:

Should You Incorporate Your Registry Business? By Joseph Caracci, RN:"The short answer is yes! When starting a new nurse registry business, you are entering into a legal business environment that requires you to take steps to protect your personal assets, such as your home, your savings, and your retirement. With this in mind, you need to determine which legal form you are going to take for your new registry. Some of the common choices are a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a limited liability partnership (LLP), a limited liability company (LLC), and a corporation."http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/incorporate

Nurse Entrepreneurs: Tales of Nurses in Business:"This book is vey inspiring! Learn how 50 different nurses brought their vision to reality! Learn some great tips on starting your own business. Nurses don't have to just work at the bedside. Read this book and you will be thinking of how you can make your dream a reality!"

Own Your Own Corporation: Why the Rich Own Their Own Companies and Everyone Else Works for Them:"Rich Dad's-"Own your Own Corporation" is a must read for anyone comtemplating a new business-or someone who already owns their own business. Garrett's direct yet simplistic explanations of the different business entities,the proper and best suited entity for your business-is followed by real-life scenarios which helps drive home the importance of corporate ownership in today's business world. Use Garrett's legal expertise to establish a successful, legally responsible and fiscally protected business...And understand the why's and how's of that ownership."

Make Your Knowledge Sell!:""Make Your Knowledge Sell!" makes it possible for Y-O-U to develop and sell your infoproduct! My co-author Monique Harris started out pretty much like you. She didn't use rocket science to achieve her tremendous e-publishing success."

Make Your Net Auction Sell:"As a business, Net auctions are truly a whole new kind of opportunity. To sell at auction just a few years ago, you had to be a Sotheby's, a business liquidator, a car dealer… or some other kind of "traditional" business. Or pay them to do the job."

Make Your Price Sell:"Know Your Perfect Price™ in 50 Minutes "Why is the Perfect Price™ so important?" That depends on whether you are considering a new product concept, launching a new product, or managing existing ones... Considering a new product concept? Not sure if it will fly? Imagine if you could know how much people would pay. You'd know if this new idea was worth pursuing... or not (think of the dollars and time saved)."

Make Your Site Sell:"Starting a major new business on the Net? Want to improve upon results from an existing Web presence? Or merely looking to build a solid second income stream? Whatever your e-commerce goals, we'll OVERdeliver, no matter how lofty your expectations are. As you will soon see, SiteSell.com products are globally acclaimed by major authorities as best of breed. Yet they are priced so that you can afford them... easily."

Make Your Words Sell:"What Do YOU Sell? Want to Sell More? Selling software on the Net? Infoproducts? A service? Million dollar cables for suspension bridges? If you want to sell more... Use the right words. Because words sell, not graphics. If you have any doubts, try this simple experiment."

Site Build It :"Site Build It! is the complete, all-in-one traffic-building system. It builds income by giving you all the software, tools and techniques that you need to build targeted traffic... all tied together into a terrific, time-saving, step-by-step process."

Nurses' Station:"The idea for the Nurses' Station Catalog was conceived in 1989. After searching the marketplace in response to customer inquiries, it became obvious that there were no catalogs of this type serving the nursing profession. To be sure, there were several catalogs offering nurse's uniforms and a smattering of professional items. But there weren't any catalogs at the time offering a range of gifts, clothing, professional items, name badges, shoes and scrubs for nurses. It took two years of hard work to gather samples and put a together a catalog of the most unique and high-quality items for nurses." Nurses Station P.O. Box 388 Centerbrook, CT 06409-03881http://www.nursefriendly.com/station/